Pentium Silver J5005 vs Celeron G4900

Primary details

Comparing Celeron G4900 and Pentium Silver J5005 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2017	1844
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.95	4.61
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Celeron	Intel Pentium Silver
Architecture codename	Coffee Lake (2017−2019)	Goldmont Plus (2017)
Release date	3 April 2018 (6 years ago)	1 December 2017 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$42	$161
Current price	$48 (1.1x MSRP)	$83 (0.5x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Pentium Silver J5005 has 56% better value for money than Celeron G4900.

Detailed specifications

Celeron G4900 and Pentium Silver J5005 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	3.1 GHz	1.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.1 GHz	2.8 GHz
Bus support	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	256K (per core)	256K (per core)
L3 cache	6 MB (shared)	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	126 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	105 deg C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	72 °C	72 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Celeron G4900 and Pentium Silver J5005 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Socket	FCLGA1151	FCBGA1090
Power consumption (TDP)	54 Watt	10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron G4900 and Pentium Silver J5005. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	no data	-
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
TSX	-	no data
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	+	+
SIPP	-	no data
Smart Response	no data	-
GPIO	no data	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	-
Status	Launched	Discontinued

Security technologies

Celeron G4900 and Pentium Silver J5005 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	+
Secure Key	+	+
MPX	+	+
Identity Protection	+	+
SGX	Yes with Intel® ME	Yes with Intel® ME
OS Guard	+	+
Anti-Theft	no data	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron G4900 and Pentium Silver J5005 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron G4900 and Pentium Silver J5005. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	upto-2400
Maximum memory size	64 GB	8 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	37.5 GB/s	38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel UHD Graphics 610	Intel UHD Graphics 605
Max video memory	64 GB	8 GB
Quick Sync Video	+	+
Clear Video	+	no data
Clear Video HD	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	1.05 GHz	800 MHz
Execution Units	no data	18
InTru 3D	+	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron G4900 and Pentium Silver J5005 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	3
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	no data	+
HDMI	no data	+
MIPI-DSI	no data	+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron G4900 and Pentium Silver J5005 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	+	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096x2304@24Hz	no data
Max resolution over eDP	4096x2304@60Hz	no data
Max resolution over DisplayPort	4096x2304@60Hz	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron G4900 and Pentium Silver J5005 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron G4900 and Pentium Silver J5005.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	16	6
USB revision	no data	2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA ports	no data	2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	no data	2
Number of USB ports	no data	8
Integrated LAN	no data	-
UART	no data	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Pentium Silver J5005 outperforms Celeron G4900 by 27% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.58	2.00
Integrated graphics card	1.35	1.17
Recency	3 April 2018	1 December 2017
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	4
Cost	$42	$161
Power consumption (TDP)	54 Watt	10 Watt

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